Word blindness - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Alexia - ANSWER-The loss of the ability to read, as the result of a brain injury. Apasia - ANSWER-Impairs the ability to speak and understand others. Articulation - ANSWER-The act or manner of producing sounds. Echolalia - ANSWER-Imitation of the mother's sounds, rhythm and tone. Hyperlexia - ANSWER-The superior ability to reads words without comprehension. Lexicon - ANSWER-An inventory of word knowledge, either spoken or written. EX: dictionary, encyclopedia Otitis Media - ANSWER-Inflam...

TExES Special Ed 161 (2022/2023) (Already Passed) Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Expands older laws by extending protection to other areas at receive federal assistance such as education Three requirements of Section 504 Protected individuals must have: 1. Physical or mental impairment that limits 1 or more major life activity 2. record of such an impairment 3. regarded as having an impairment PL94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1975--Education is to be provided for al...

Attention concentration of mental activities using several cognitive processes allows process selective aspects of sensory world - A lot of information + limited information processing capacity = need for attention Selective attention ability to focus on some things while ignoring others, prioritize processing of one thing while neglecting another Alerting achieve and maintain alert state orienting directs between locations or targets executive controls voluntary functions Dichotic Listenin...

What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury -Answer- If taking Blood Thinners Define delirium -Answer- Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to days, reversible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion Define Dementia -Answer- Various causes, gradual change with mental status, months to years, progressive to irreversible (speech, memory, mood, judgment) An older adult with delirium would present with what type of behaviors? -Answer- Agitation and restlessnes...

Test Exam for CALT Course Questions and Answers 2024 Adolph Kussmaul (1877) - CORRECT ANSWER-"word blindness" Dr. Rudolph Berlin (1887) - CORRECT ANSWER-Came up with the word "Dyslexia' James Hinschelwood (1897) - CORRECT ANSWER-reported cases of "congenital wordblindness", called on schools to screen and treat it Dr. W. Pringle Morgan (1896) - CORRECT ANSWER-Wrote 1st medical journal on word blindness Grace Fernald (1920s) - CORRECT ANSWER-Developed the VAKT Method (Fernald M...

What is the origin and meaning of "ang" - CORRECT ANSWER- Latin; bend What does the Conner's Report help diagnose? - CORRECT ANSWER- ADD Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? - CORRECT ANSWER- Morphemes Define prosody - CORRECT ANSWER- Flow of speech Define euphony - CORRECT ANSWER- sound/pleasing sound Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? - CORRECT ANSWER- word attack What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? - CORRE...

Who coined word "Strephosymbolia" to differentiate between itself and "word-blindness"? - Samuel Orton What is synthetic teaching - Part to whole (teaching letter sounds, building up to blending to make words) What is analytic teaching - Whole to part What researcher has the most current finding of phonemic awareness? - Reid Lyons What is quantitative research? - Research in which numerical data are collected and statistically analyzed using a large sample. What is qualitative resear...

AP Psychology Unit 4 Multiple Choice Test Bank Questions and Answers Complete sensation in the absence of complete perception is best illustrated by - Answer-prosopagnosia As you look at an apple, its reflected light travels to the eye. The rods and cones absorb the light and help transmit the information to the brain. This process best illustrates - Answer-sensation As the brain receives information about the lines, angles, and edges of objects in the environment, higher-level cells pro...

The Leap Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+ What is the mode in the story - Answer-Sadness sympathy and respect for Anna What is the first conflict that Anna had to overcome - Answer-Fire in the circus What is the second conflict that Anna had to overcome - Answer-Illiteracy What is the third conflict that Anna had to overcome - Answer-The fire in the house What is the fourth conflict that Anna had to overcome - Answer-Blindness How did Anna save herself in the accident ...

SRM 1060 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 Sandy Koufax compared his role as athlete to a movie star with the following: "The customers come to hear the entertainer perform; they come to watch us live a part of our lives'. What element of sport was Koufax referring to in the statement? contrived outcomes performance spontaneous result production ritualism - ANSWER Spontaneous result production Mandelbaum says the draft and salary cap mechanisms of American...